Free HashiCorp HCVA0-003 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

Exam Code/Number: HCVA0-003
Exam Name/Title: HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate (003)Exam
Certification Provider: HashiCorp
Corresponding Certification: HashiCorp Security Automation

Exam Questions: 328
Updated On: Sep 27, 2026

Question #13

You are using Azure Key Vault for the auto-unseal configuration on your cluster. After the Vault service restarts, what command must you run to unseal Vault?

A. vault operator members

B. You don't need to run a command when using auto-unseal

C. vault operator init

D. vault operator unseal

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #14

Which statement most accurately describes how the response wrapping feature functions in Vault?

A. Vault encrypts the response with a dedicated key and sends it directly to the client, never storing it on the server or using single-use tokens for additional security.

B. Vault divides the response into separate parts and stores each part in different tokens, requiring all tokens to be combined before disclosing the secret to the requesting client.

C. Vault takes the response it would have sent to an HTTP client and instead inserts it into the cubbyhole of a single-use token, returning that single-use token instead.

D. Vault duplicates the response within a persistent token and allows multiple unwraps, ensuring that any user with the correct token can retrieve the secret repeatedly without time restrictions.

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #15

Your organization has an initiative to reduce and ultimately remove the use of long lived X.509 certificates.
Which secrets engine will best support this use case?

A. Key/Value secrets engine version 2, with TTL defined

B. Cloud KMS

C. PKI

D. Transit

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #16

A new Vault administrator is writing a CURL command (shown below) to retrieve a secret stored in a KV v2 secrets engine at secret/audio/soundbooth but is receiving an error. What could be the cause of the error?
$ curl \
--header " X-Vault-Token: hvs.rffHw0iXqkRo19b2cjf93DM39WjpbN3J " \
https://vault.unlimited.com:8200/v1/secret/audio/soundbooth

A. The VAULT_ADDR environment variable wasn't set, so it should be configured: export VAULT_ADDR= " https://vault.unlimited.com:8200 "

B. The user's token doesn't permit access to the Vault API, only the UI

C. The endpoint should point to v2 since this is a KV v2 secrets engine:
$ curl \
--header " X-Vault-Token: hvs.rffHw0iXqkRo19b2cjf93DM39WjpbN3J " \
https://vault.unlimited.com:8200/v2/secret/audio/soundbooth

D. The request is being made on the incorrect endpoint and should be:
$ curl \
--header " X-Vault-Token: hvs.rffHw0iXqkRo19b2cjf93DM39WjpbN3J " \
https://vault.unlimited.com:8200/v1/secret/data/audio/soundbooth

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Question #17

You are using an orchestrator to deploy a new application. Even though the orchestrator creates a new AppRole secret ID, security requires that only the new application has the combination of the role ID and secret ID. What feature can you use to meet these requirements?

A. Use a batch token instead of a traditional service token

B. Have the application authenticate with the role ID to retrieve the secret ID

C. Use response wrapping and provide the application server with the unwrapping token instead

D. Secure the communication between the orchestrator and Vault using TLS

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #18

After a client has authenticated to Vault, what security feature is used to make all subsequent calls?

A. listener

B. key shard

C. token

D. path

E. ldap

F. pgp

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #19

Data protected by the Vault cryptographic barrier is encrypted with:

A. PKI certificates.

B. A PGP key.

C. A long-lived token.

D. The encryption key.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #20

To make an authenticated request via the Vault HTTP API, which header would you use?

A. The X-Vault-Token HTTP Header

B. The Content-Type HTTP Header

C. The x-Vault-Request HTTP Header

D. The X-Vault-Namespace HTTP Header

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #21

Kyle enabled the database secrets engine for dynamic credentials. Amy, the senior DBA, accidentally deleted the database users created by Vault, disrupting client applications. How can Kyle manually remove the leases in Vault?

A. Revoke all of the leases associated with the entire database secrets engine to be sure they are all removed

B. Obtain the individual lease IDs from the application logs and remove them using the vault lease revoke command

C. No action is required since the leases will eventually expire and be revoked

D. Use the command vault lease revoke -force flag to delete the leases

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #22

You need to connect to and manage a new HCP Vault cluster using the Vault CLI on your laptop. What environment variables should you set to establish connectivity?

A. VAULT_ADDR=https:// < cluster-address > :8200, VAULT_NAMESPACE=admin

B. VAULT_CLIENT_KEY= < path-to-key-file > , VAULT_TOKEN= < token-here >

C. VAULT_TOKEN= < token-here > , VAULT_CLUSTER_ADDR=https:// < cluster-address > :8200

D. VAULT_NAMESPACE=root, VAULT_REDIRECT_ADDR= < cluster-address >

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Question #23

You are using the Vault userpass auth method mounted at auth/userpass. How do you create a new user named " sally " with password " h0wN0wB4r0wnC0w " ? This new user will need the power-users policy.

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Question #24

Vault operators can create two types of groups in Vault. What are the two types?

A. External groups

B. Internal groups

C. Policy groups

D. Security groups

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Correct Answer: A,B Vote an answer

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